It was the 250 years anniversary exhibition of glass produced at the factory. Including the well known Finn glasses that have been produced since 1916. I have 15 of these glasses, we got 6 as a wedding gift and the rest we have inherited.

Denne alabastervasen er fra 1858 og ble malt av Robert Gube. This alabaster vase is from 1858 and is painted by Robert Gube.

Her er glassblåserne i arbeid. Here is the glass blowers working.

I et annet bygg var det utstilling av brudekjoler gjennom 100 år.In another building there was an exhibition of wedding dresses for 100 years.

Jeg syntes det var mest morsomt å se på de eldre brudekjolene. De eldste var utstilt bak glass og bildene av dem ble mislykket. Men her er noen fra
1956, 1939 og 1945. I thought it was most fun to watch the older bride dresses. The oldest was on display behind glass and the photos of them were unsuccessful. But here are some from1956, 1939, and 1945.

Det var vårsalg på fabrikken med mange fristende glassvarer. Jeg hadde ikke tenkt å kjøpe noe, har vel egentlig det jeg trenger av slike ting. Men så var det en fin tulipanvase i mønster Furu til en bra pris. Og tulipanvase hadde jeg ikke :)
Men nå har jeg en!! It was spring sale at the factory with many tempting glassware. I didn't think I was going to buy anything, I think I have what I need of such things. But there was a nice tulip vase in pattern Pine at a good price. And I didn't have a tulip vase :) But now I have one!!

lørdag 14. april 2012

Jeg har hatt et stoff med fine cupcakes liggende, og like før påske sydde jeg dette cupcake forkleet. Jeg har sett så mange lekre cupcakes rundt på blogger så nå måtte jeg prøve å bake cupcakes en dag i påska. Det er jo veldig mektige kaker så en bør helst være fler til å spise dem. Nytter ikke å bake til bare oss to :) I had a nice cupcake fabric, and just before Easter, I made this cupcake apron. I have seen so many nice cupcakes around the blogs so now I had to try to bake some one day of Easter. It's very "heavy" cakes so it is best to be many to eat them. Not good to make for just the two of us :)

Nå må jeg få med et strikkebilde også for å vise at strikkepinnene har ikke helt fått hvile i påska. Her er flere votter ferdige til adventskalenderen. I have to show a knitting picture too so you don't think I have forgot to knit at Easter. Here is some more of the advent calendar mittens

Vi koser oss med ungdommene hjemme i påska. Nyinnkjøpt bordcurlingspill er tatt i bruk, her med far og sønn. We have nice Easter holidays with the kids at home. We bought a curlinggame which has been popular, here with father and son.

En dag jeg var på kjøkkenet og visste at det ikke var noen i stua, hørte jeg en lyd som ligna på den fra spillet. Jeg titta inn, og oppå spillet satt Iris og dytta på curlingsteinene! Dette syntes hun også var et morsomt spill :) One day when I was at the kitchen and knew that there was no one in the living room, I heard a noise like from the game. I looked, and there was Iris sitting on the top of the game pushing the curling stones! This game she liked too :)

Vi må jo også prøve noe nytt i matveien, så en dag hadde vi stekte skilpadder! Ja, de var jo ikke ekte da, men en morsom variant av burger med bacon. Og de smakte veldig godt! Hvordan de lages kan du lese her. We also like to try something new to eat and one day we had turtles! Well, they were not real turtles, but a fun kind of burgers with bacon. And they were very good! How to make them you can see here.

Det spesial lagede minibiljardbordet er også tatt frem. Hvem vinner tro, storebror eller lillebror? We have also taken up the specially made pool table. Who will be the winner, big brother or little brother?

I dag hadde vi vår tradisjonelle amerikanske påskefrokost. Bakgrunnen for denne litt uvanlige påsketradisjonen kan du lese om i dette innlegget.Today we had our traditional American Easter breakfast. The backgrund for this a bit unusual tradition you can read about here.

VELKOMMEN

Jeg er 63 år og har vært gift med min kjære i 42 år. Mor til tre voksne gutter. Jeg er glad i å strikke, sy, quilte og litt brodering. I am 63 years old and live in Norway. I have been married to my dear husband for 42 years and I am mother to 3 grown up sons. I love to knit, sew and quilt, and some embroidery.